On Saturday, April 25, hundreds marched through the streets of San Francisco to raise awareness of rape and sexual assault. The march, called “Walk Against Rape”, started at Embarcadero and ended at Dolores Park. Organized by San Francisco Women Against Rape, the marchers chanted “Stop date rape” and “Who’s body? my body!” The March concluded Sexual Assault Awareness Month where events were held to call an end to sexual assault.

According to statistics, someone is sexually assaulted every two minutes in the U.S. Women in college are four times more likely to be assaulted, and two third of all rapes are committed by someone known to the victim. Only 40% of all assaults are reported, as the chances of convicting someone for rape are slim and often don’t merit the trauma that the victims need to go through in the courts and by the police. Only 6% of those prosecuted for rape end up at prisons; 94% walk free.

San Francisco Women Against Rape is the city’s only rape crisis center, providing resources and counseling to survivors of sexual assault. It also provides support, advocacy and education to strengthen the work of all individuals and communities in San Francisco that are responding to, healing from, and struggling to end sexual violence.

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National Anarchists at Walk Against Rape